Over the next few months my London friends will be seeing a lot less of me, I’ll be spending less time on trains and more time here in Cheshire, more time in the garden, more time with my family, more time supporting local projects. There are a number of reasons why I’ve chosen to spend more time at home over the next few months, and I’ll probably end up writing about them here. But not yet.

After I left the Low Carbon Communities Network, I was supposed to take a sabbatical, time out to finish a book, catch up on the gardening, walk to dog, spend more time with my horse… but then along came 10:10 and all those plans went on hold.  It’s been a whirlwind 6 months, full of exciting plans and projects and I’m sorry to bring that part of my work to an end. But, there’s more to life than work. So, (reluctantly) I’m putting my city life on hold to indulge in a few months “gardening leave”, only I really will be gardening (and sewing, and knitting and baking)!

Over the next few months prepare to read more about friends, fun and family and less about my travels.  Of course, I won’t be giving up grass roots campaigning and I’ll still be volunteering on local projects – it’s just that my focus is moving closer to home – and that feels good.  And, I’ll finally have  achance to sort through all the photos we took on last summer’s “Grand Tour”. Here are a couple to inspire you to jump on the Eurostar!

Looking down on Pompeii

Volterra